April 2011

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About Authors: Inder Kumar Makhija
Department of Pharmacognosy,
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Manipal University, Manipal-576 104,
Karnataka

ABSTRACT
The world is endowed with a rich heritage of medicinal plants. The use of medicinal agents presumably predates the earliest recorded history. Medicinal plants are widely used by traditional practitioners for various ailments. Lawsonia inermis (Lythraceae) commonly known as ‘Henna’is a well-known plant used in the Indian medicine. Various parts of this plant have been used in traditional Indian medicine. The plant has wide range of phytochemicals including lawsone, isoplumbagin lawsoniaside, lalioside, lawsoniaside B, syringinoside, daphneside, daphnorin, agrimonolide 6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, (+)-syringaresinol O-β-D-glucopyranoside, (+)-pinoresinol di-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, syringaresinol di-O-β-D-glucopyranoside,  isoscutellarin3β, hennadiol, (20S)-3β, 30-dihydroxylupane, lawnermis acid, 3-methyl-nonacosan-1-ol, laxanthones I, II, III and lacoumarin etc. The various in-vitro and in-vivo studies of L. inermis reported the plant to have antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antiviral, anticancer, antidiabetic, tuberculostatic, anti-inflammatory, antifertility and wound healing properties. This review discusses on the botany, traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacological data of the plant.

About Author: Bharat Lal
MSIP,
Delhi

STUDY OF DRUGS ON IMMUNE SYSTEM: IT MAY STIMULATE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OR SUPPRESS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. STIMMULATION IS REQUIRE FOR DISEASE LIKE AIDS AND SUPPRESSION IS REQUIRE FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.

About Authors: Deepak Sahu
M.Pharm, Geetanjali Institute of Pharmacy
Dabak,
Udaipur, Rajasthan

ABSTRACT
A simple, accurate, low cost and specific HPTLC method for estimation of quetiapine fumarate in tablet has been developed. It was performed on Silica gel G₆₀ F₂₅₄ aluminium foil using acetonitrile : chloroform in the ratio of 1:9 as mobile phase. The mobile phase having chamber was saturated for 20 minutes at room temperature. The R_f value of quetiapine fumarate was found to be 0.45. The plate was scanned and quantified at 242 nm. The calibration curve response was observed between 5-25 μg. The linear regression data showed good linear relationship of r = 0.999. The percent recovery was found to be 100.0 ± 0.01.The developed method was validated for its accuracy and precision with suitable parameters.

NIPER is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences. The Government of India has declared NIPER as an ‘Institute of National Importance’.